Coin controlled mechanism



Nov`. 20, 1962 H. T. PRoBAsco 3,064,789

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3,064,739 COM CNTRGLLED MECHANSM Harold T. Probasco, Burbank, Calif., assignor to Oak Manufacturing Co., inc., Culver City, Calif., a corporation of California Filed Dec. 2S, 1959, Ser. No. 362,127 7 Ciaims. (Cl. 1%4-61) This invention relates to a coin controlled mechanism of the character customarily utilized in conjunction with vending machines but is characterized by the fact that it is adapted to receive smaller or larger coins of correspondingly smaller or larger denominations whereby the coin controlled mechanism willl cause the dispensing machine with which it is associated to dispense correspondingly smaller or larger portions of the comestibles or other articles contained in said dispensing machine.

Conventional coin controlled mechanisms utilized to actuate vending machines are usually adapted for the reception of a single coin of a predetermined denomination such as a penny, nickel, or the like. However, where bulk merchandise such as peanuts or candy are stored in a vending machine it is desirable to vend smaller or larger portions and the coin controlled mechanism of the present invention is `adapted to receive either a penny or a nickel and, upon the reception of the smaller coin, to vend a correspondingly smaller amount of merchandi-se and, upon the depositing of the larger coin in the coin controlled mechanism, to vend a correspondingly larger amount of merchandise.

It is, therefore, an object of my invention to provide a coin controlled mechanism which is adapted to permit a single dispensing cycle when a penny is deposited therein and to permit a plurality of dispensing cycles when a nickel is deposited therein. Of course, the number of dispensing cycles permitted upon the depositing of a larger coin in the coin controlled mechanism can be determined by the denomination of the coin which is received in the mechanism. l

Another object of my invention is the provision of a coin controlled mechanism of the aforementioned character which includes a Geneva movement constituted by a star counting wheel which can be rotated by engagement with a counting abutment on a coin-receiving wheel incorporated in the coin controlled mechanism and which also includes an actuating lever engageable by one of the dogging levers in the coin controlled mechanism to positively rotate the counting wheel into a position in which it will be engaged by the counting abutment on the coin-receiving wheel when the dogging lever is displaced by a larger coin deposited in an appropriate receptacle in said coin-receiving wheel.

Therefore, spring-biased energizing levers and other similar components of prior art constructions are eliminated and positive rotation of the counting wheel by the dogging and actuating levers is accomplished to insure an automatic response to the presence of a larger coin in the coin-receiving wheel.

Another object of my invention is the provision of a coin controlled mechanism of the aforementioned character wherein the actuating lever, in addition to positively rotating the counting wheel in a positive manner when energized by the associated dogging lever, serves to restrain said counting wheel against inadvertent rotation during single cycle operation of the coin-receiving wheel with which it is associated.

Another object of my invention is the provision of a mechanism of the aforementioned character which includes a minimum nurnber -of component parts adapted to be easily and cheaply assembled and to function in a Vandal-proof and tamper-proof manner.

Other Iobjects and advantages `of the invention will be apparent from the following speciiication and the accomd panying drawings which are for the purpose of illustration only, and in which:

FIG. 1 is a fragmentary, front elevational View showing a typical installation yof a coin-receiving mechanism mounted on the front panel of `a dispenser housing;

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the broken line 2 2 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is -a vertical, partly sectional View taken on the broken line 3-3 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view taken on the broken line 1F-4 of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view of the coin controlled mechanism with the component parts thereof disposed in inoperative condition;

FIG. 6` is a View similar to FIG. 5 showing the manner in which the component parts of the coin controlled mechanism are energized -when a smaller coin is deposited therein;

FlG, 7 is a view similar to FIG. 6 -but showing the functioning of the component parts of the mechanism upon attempted energization thereof without a coin deposited therein;

FIG. 8 is a view similar to FIG. `6 but showing the manner in which the component parts of the mechanism are yoriented upon the ldeposition of a larger coin in the mechanism;

FIG. 9 is a View similar to FIG. 8 showing the manner -in which repeated dispensing cycles of the mechanism are achieved despite the discharge of the larger coin from the receptacle in the lcoin-receiving wheel of the mechanism;

FIG. l() is a perspective View of the star counting Wheel of the mechanism;

FIG. 1l is a bottom plan view taken lfrom the broken line 11-11 of FIG. 10; and

FIG. 12 is a bottom plan View tof the coin-receiving `wheel of the mechanism.

Referring to the drawings, and particularly to FIG. 1 thereof, I :show a coin controlled mechanism 10 constructed in accordance with the teachings of the invention and mounted in operative yrelationship with the front panel 12 of a conventional vending machine, not shown. ri"he coin controlled mechanism 10 includes a mounting plate 14 which, as best shown in FIGS. l, 2 and 6-9 of the drawings, includes a coin slot 16 located centrally of the upper edge thereof. The mounting plate 14 has a cover plate 18 secured to the rear surface thereof by means of screws ltengaged in corresponding openings 22 in the back of the mounting plate 14, as best shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 of the drawings.

The mounting plate 14 incorporates a centrally located bearing boss 24 which is adapted to receive the elongated shaft 26 of an actuator 2S which has a handle 30 formed integrally therewith. Operatively secured to the shaft 26 is a coin-receiving wheel 32 which, as best shown in FIGS. 2 and 5-9 of the drawings, includes a coin receptacle 34 adapted to receive coins of smaller denominations and sizes, such as a penny, and coins of larger denominations and sizes, such as a nickel. While disclosure of the invention will be limited to the use of the coin mechanism in conjunction with pennies and nickels, it is, of course, not intended to limit its use to coins of these particular sizes and denominations since it is obvious that coins of diierent sizes and denominations may be utilized.

A locating cam 36 is mounted, as best shown in FlGS. 2 and 3 of the drawings, on the shaft 26 of the actuator 3% and has a locating spring 3S engaged therewith to locate the receptacle 34 of the coin-receiving wheel 32 in juxtaposition to the coin slot 16 in the mounting plate 14 apegarse when said coin receiving wheel is in the inoperative position of FIG. 5 of the drawings.

Secured to the outer extremity of the shaft 26 by means of a screw 42 -is a gear 44.Which is adapted to engage the dispensing wheel, not shown, of the vending machine with which the coin controlledmechanism is associated, to initiate a dispensing cycle. The gear 44 and the screw 42 thus maintain the locating cam 36 and the actuator 287m operative engagement with the mounting plate 14.

The coin-receiving wheel 32, as best shown in FIGS. 3-9 andlZ ofthe drawings, includes a doggin g abutment 46, for a purpose which will be described in greater detail below, which isY immediately juxtaposed to and constituted by the wall of the receptacle. 34. Also provided on the coin-receiving wheel 32 is a counting abutment 48 which is constituted by Va pin formed integrally with the coinreceiving wheel 32 by die casting or a similar process.

The underside of the coin-receiving'wheel 32, as best shown in FIGS. 5 and l2 of the drawings, incorporates a gearv 52 which -is co-operative with an anti-reversing dog 54to prevent reverse rotation of the coin-receiving wheel 32rin a clockwise direction, as viewed in FIG. 5 of the drawings. Therefore, rotation of the actuator 2S will cause concomitantrotation of thecoin-receiving wheel 32 and thegear 44`mounted upon the outer extremity thereof.

However, if a coinhas not been deposited in the receptacle 34, a dogging lever 56 pivotally mounted on themountingV plate 14 ona pivot pin 58, cast integrally with said mounting plate, will have its upper extremity 60 urged into engagement with the dogging abutment 46, as best shown in FIG. 7 of the drawings, by the action of a torsion spring 62 whichhas one leg engaged on said dogging lever and its other leg impinging on an adjacent portion of .the mounting plate 14. Therefore, the complete rotationof the coin-receiving wheel 32 without depositing a coin in the receptacle 34 thereof, is prevented.

As a matter of fact, the dogging lever 56 is, at best sho'wn in FIG. 5 of the drawings, normally moved into itsinoperati-ve position by impingement upon the adjacent portion of the perimeter of the coin-receiving wheel 32 and only drops down into dogging position, as shown in FIG. 7 of the drawings, when the receptacle 34 passes thereunder. Return of the coin-receiving wheel 32 to the inoperative position ofVFIG. 5, despite the action of the anti-reversing dog 54, is permitted because of the blank segment 66 upon the gear 52. Of course, it is the actionv of the locating spring 38 on the lobes of the locating cam 36 whichpcauses -the actual return of the coin-receiving wheel 32 to theinoperative position of FIG. 5.

The lower extremity of the dogging lever 56 incorporates a protrusion 68 which, as best shown in FIGS. 5-6 and 8-9 of the drawings,is received in a corresponding re.- cess 70 in an actuating lever 72. The actuating lever 72 is pivotally mounted on a pivot pin74 which is formed integrally with the mounting plate 14 and is engaged upon said pivot pin by means of an elongated, substantially elliptical opening 76. Therefore, when the actuating lever 72 is moved with respect to the pivot pin 74, compound action of the actuating lever 72 takes place in that it is longitudinally shifted to move it bodily with respect to the pivot pin 74 and is r.also rotated about said pivot pin.

The lower extremity of the actuating lever 72 incorporates a projection 78 which, as best shown in FIGS. 5-7 of the drawings, is engaged in a corresponding recess 82 in the shank 84 of a counting star wheel 86, said star wheel constituting a portion of a Geneva movement adapted to control the rotation of the coin-receiving wheel 32, in a manner to be described in greater detail below. The star wheel 86 incorporates iive counting lugs or teeth S8 whichV are successively engageable with the dogging abutment 46 of the coin-receiving wheel 32 when the star wheel 86 is caused to operate by appropriate movement of the actuating lever 72 by the dogging lever 56 in a manner to be described in greater detail below.

The counting wheel S6 has a radial flange 92 overlying the teethV 88 and the iiange incorporates a recess 94 and a cam surface 96 abutting thereupon. A torsion spring 93 is engaged upon the actuating lever 72 and serves to bias-the projection 78 on said actuating lever into engagement with the corresponding recess 82 in the shankf84 of the star wheel 86. A similar torsion spring 1&2 is engaged upon theY reversing, dog 54 to bias said dog into engagement with the anti-reversing gear 52. l

The coin-receiving wheelY 32, the dogging lever 56, the anti-reversing dog 54, the actuating lever 72 and the star wheel 86 are all'housed within thecover plate 18, asbest shown in FIG. 3 of the drawings, and said cover plate actually serves to maintain the aforesaid components in operative `relationship with the mounting plate 14. However, retaining plates 164 are operatively associated with the anti-reversing dog 54 and the dogging lever 5,6 and actuating lever 72, as best shown in FIG. 5 of the drawings.

The cover plate 18 incorporates an opening 106 which permits access to the iiange 92 of the star wheel 86 and a coin chute-108 is also provided to permit the discharge of a coin from the coin receptacle 3 4 of the coin-receivingV wheel 32 through the cover plate 18 when the receptacle` 34 reaches an inverted position diametrically opposite its.y

inoperative position shown in FIG. 5. The cover-plate 1S also includes an auxiliary dog opening lltifwhichf;

permits engagement of the dogging abutment 46 of the coin-receiving wheel 32 by an auxiliary dog 112 which is -biased downwardly by a leaf spring 114 to engage the` linger 116 of said dog upon said dogging abutment.

The auxiliary dog 112 hasan elongated arm 118 whichdepends through the opening 106 into engagementwithY the fiange92 of the counting wheel 86. When a penny 120 is deposited in the receptacle 34 of the coin-receiving.y

wheel 32, as best shown in FIG. 6.of the drawings, rotation of the coin-receiving wheel 32 in a counterclockwise.

direction, as indicatedby the -arrow 122, will cause the perimeter of said penny to impinge upon the dogging lever 56 intermediate-its extremities and raise it againstthe action of the spring 62,0ut of the path of the dogging abutment 46 of said coin-receiving wheel and thus the. coin-receiving wheel may be rotated through a complete cycle to, cause a, single dispensing rotation of the gear 44 and the dispensing from the vending machine of a` receiving wheel32 to the inoperative position of FIG. 5'

of'the drawings. If an attempt is madeto repeat the dispensing cycle, the dogging lever S6 will impingek on.

the dogging abutment 46 of the coin-receiving wheel 32 becauseof the absence of a coin in the receptacle 34.

Occasionally a washer of a size approximating a penny 120'will be placed in the receptacle 34 of the coin-receiv-V ing Wheel 321and will displace the dogging lever 56 inV the same manner as a penny. In such circumstances the dogging finger 116 of the auxiliary dogging leverk112V will drop through the opening in the cover plate'118 and engage the opening in the washer to prevent further rotation of the coin-receiving wheel 32. Moreover, if the dogging lever 56 is displaced by the use of a wire or` similar implement, the dogging linger 116 will drop into engagement with the abutment t-o prevent rotation of the coin-receiving wheel 32.`

When a larger coin, such as a nickel 126, is disposed in the receptacle 34 of the coin-receiving wheel 32, as best shown in FIG. 8- of the drawings, the nickel 126 will,

displaced by the penny 120, as a comparison of the show` ings of FIGS. 6 and-8will readily indicate.- Whenfsuchfdisplacement of the dogging lever 56 takes place, the actuating lever 72 is shifted upwardly by the protrusion 68 on the dogging lever and such longitudinal shifting of the actuating lever 72 causes rotation of the wheel S6 to bring an initial tooth 8S thereof into the path of the counting abutment 48 of the coin-receiving wheel 32, -as best illustrated in FIG. 8 of the drawings.

Therefore, the counting wheel S6 is positively moved by the combined action of the dogging and actuating levers 56 and 72, respectively, into a position in which the counting function of the counting Wheel 86 may be initiated and wherein the Geneva movement constituted by the counting abutment 48 and the counting wheel 86 may permit a plurality of dispensing cycles of the coin-receiving wheel 32. It will be noted that the initial movement of the counting wheel 86 leaves the projection 78 of the actuating lever 72 in the recess 82 in the shank 84 of the counting wheel S6. When the dogging abutment 48 strikes the initial tooth 8S of the counting wheel S6, the projection i3 of the actuating lever 72 is urged out of the recess S2 of the counting wheel 86 to engage the surface 139 of the shank 84 of the counting wheel S6 which encompasses the recess 82 of said shank, as best shown in FIG. 9 of the drawings.

When this occurs, the clogging lever 56 is locked by the actuating lever 72 in a position in which its upper extremity 60 cannot engage upon the abutment 46. Simultaneously, the rotation of the star wheel 86 causes the cam 96 on the flange 92 of said star wheel to engage the arm 118 to lift the dogging nger 116 of the auxiliary dog 112 upwardly against the bias of the spring 114 to prevent possible engagement of the dogging nger 116 with the dogging abutment 46 of the coin-receiving wheel 32.

During successive cycles of rotation of the coin-receiving wheel 32, after the nickel 126 has been dislodged from the receptacle 34, the dogging lever 56 and the auxiliary dogging lever 112 will be maintained inoperative. Upon each rotation of the coin-receiving wheel 32 the counting abutment 48 will strike successive teeth SS of the counting Wheel 86 and when the last tooth is struck, rotation of the counting wheel 86 will have been completed and the projection '7S on the actuating lever 72 will re-enter the recess S2 in the shank 84 of the counting wheel 86 while the arm 118 of the auxiliary dogging lever 114 will drop into the recess 94 of the flange 92 of the counting wheel 86 to place both the dogging lever 56 and the auxiliary dogging lever 112 in operative condition and thus eliminate the dispensing cycle of the coin-receiving wheel 32.

Movement of the projection 78 of the actuating lever 72 into the corresponding recess 82 in the shank 84 of the counting wheel 86 is accomplished by the associated torsion spring 98 and this movement of the actuating lever 72 actually permits the torsion spring 62 associated with the dogging lever 56 to urge the dogging lever S6 into the cocked position of FIG. 5 of the drawings wherein it abuts on the perimeter of the coin-receiving Wheel 32. Similarly, the leaf spring 114 urges the dogging finger 116 of the auxiliary dogging lever 112 downwardly into operative position with respect to the coin-receiving wheel 32.

It will be noted that when the projection 78 of the actuating lever 72 is lodged in the corresponding recess 82 of the counting wheel 86, it serves as a detent to prevent inadvertent rotation of the counting wheel 86 into operative position in which a movable dispensing cycle may be initiated. It will also be noted that there is some lost motion between the protrusion 63 on the dogging lever 56 and the corresponding recess 7i) in the actuating lever. This lost motion is provided in order that, when a penny 120 is deposited in the receptacle 34 of the coinreceiving wheel 32, movement of the dogging lever 56 suiiicient to clear the upper extremity 60 thereof beyond the abutment 46 may take place without corresponding movement of the actuating lever 72.

However, when the nickel 126 is deposited in the receptacle 34 of the coin-receiving wheel 32, the wall of the recess 76 is engaged by the projection `6ft of the dogging lever 56 to actually displace the actuating lever 72 longitudinally of the pivot pin 74. The displacement of the actuating lever 72 by the dogging lever S6 is a positive displacement and does not entail the use of springs or other members and the actuating lever 72 thus serves the dual function of accomplishing or preventing rotation of the counting wheel 86.

l, thus, provide by my invention a coin controlled mechanism characterized by its reception of coins of different denominations and sizes and by its responsiveness to the deposition of larger or smaller coins whereby it will provide correspondingly longer or shorter dispensing cycles to permit the vending machine with which it is associated to deliver larger or smaller quantities of merchandise. The coin controlled mechanism of the invention incorporates a minimum number of component parts and is characterized by the positive manner in which the component parts operate to determine the dispensing cycle which will be allowed upon the deposition of a coin therein.

'I claim:

1. ln a coin controlled mechanism, the combination of: a mounting plate; an actuator supported on said mounting plate; a coin-receiving wheel connected to said actuator, said coin-receiving wheel having a receptacle for the reception of smaller or larger coins and including a dogging abutment and a counting abutment; a dogging lever supported for pivotal movement on said mounting plate and engageable with said dogging abutment on said coinreceiving wheel in the absence of a larger or smaller coin in said receptacle when said coin-receiving wheel is rotated to bring said abutment into engagement with said dogging lever; a counting wheel juxtaposed to the perimeter of said coin-receiving wheel, said counting wheel having a plurality of counting lugs thereupon engageable with said counting abutment on said coin-receiving wheel and having a lever engaging surface incorporating a detent recess; and an actuating lever mounted for pivotal and longitudinal movement on said mounting plate engaged by said dogging lever and engageable with said detent and said lever engaging surface on said counting wheel, whereby, when a smaller coin is placed in said receptacle of said coin-receiving wheel, said dogging lever will be displaced sufciently to permit a single rotation of said coin-receiving wheel and, whereby, when a larger coin is placed in said receptacle, said clogging lever will be displaced oy said larger coin to cause said dogging lever to rotate and longitudinally shift said actuating lever, said actuating lever, in turn, by its engagement in said recess rotating said counting wheel to bring a counting lug thereupon into engagement with the counting abutment of said coin-receiving wheel and, thus, to rotate said actuating lever out of said recess and into engagement with said lever engaging surface and to maintain said dogging lever out of engagement with the corresponding abutment on said coin-receiving wheel until said coin-receiving wheel has completed a number of cycles of rotation equivalent to the number of counting lugs on said counting wheel.

2. In a multiple coin-receiving mechanism, the combination of: a mounting plate; an actuator supported on said mounting plate; a coin-receiving wheel connected to said actuator, said coin-receiving wheel having a receptacle thereupon adapted to receive smaller or larger coins, said coin-receiving wheel having a dogging abutment and a counting abutment thereupon; a dogging lever pivotally mounted on said mounting plate adjacent the perimeter of said coin-receiving wheel and adapted to engage said dogging abutment; an auxiliary dogging lever pivotally mounted adjacent said coin-receiving wheel and adapted to engage said dogging abutment on said coin-receiving wheel; a counting wheel mounted on saidV mounting plate adjacent the perimeter of said coin-receiving wheel, said counting wheel having a plurality of counting lugs thereapegarse:

upon engageable with said counting abutment on said coinreceiving wheel and having a lever engaging surface incorporating a detent recess, said counting wheel having a cam thereupon adapted to immobilize said auxiliary dogging lever when it engagessaid lever; and an actuating lever mounted for pivotal and longitudinal movement on said mounting plate engaged by said dogging lever and engageable with said detent and said lever engaging surface on said counting wheel whereby, when a smaller coin is placed in said receptacle ofVv said coin-receiving wheel, said dogging lever will be displaced suiciently to permit a single rotation of said coin-receiving Wheel and, whereby, when a larger coin is placed in said receptacle, said dogging lever will be displaced by said larger coin to cause said dogging lever to rotate and longitudinally shift said actuating lever, said'actuating lever in turn, rotating said counting'wheel by its engagementin said recess to bring a counting lug thereupon into engagement with the counting abutment of said coin-receiving wheel and, thus, to rotate saidactuating lever into engagement with said lever engaging surface and maintain said dogging lever out of engagement with the corresponding abutment on said coin-receiving wheel and to simultaneously engage said cam upon saidzauxiliary dogging lever to immobilize said auxiliary dogging leverA until said coin-receiving wheel has cornpleteda number of cycles of rotation equivalent to the numberV of counting lugs on said counting Wheel.

3. In a coin controlled mechanism, the'combination of a mounting plate; an actuator supported on said mounting plate; a coin-receiving wheel connected to said actuator for rotation thereby, said coin-receiving Wheel having a receptacle thereupon adapted to receive smaller or larger coins and a dogging abutment and a counting projection; a dogging lever mounted on said mounting plate adjacent the perimeter of said coin-receiving wheel and'adapted to engage said dogging abutment to prevent rotation of said coin-receiving wheel if no coin has been deposited in the receptacle thereof; a counting wheel mounted adjacentv the` perimeter of said coin-receiving wheel and engageable by said projection to count the number of rotations made by said coin-receiving wheel, said'counting wheel having a lever engaging surface incorporating a detent recess; and an actuating lever connecting said dogging lever and said counting wheel, said actuating lever having a rst portion engaged by said dogging lever and a second portion engaged in said detent recess whereby, when a larger coin is placed in said receptacle ofsaid coinreceiving wheel, said dogging lever will be displaced to correspondingly displace said actuating lever in said detent recess and rotate said counting wheel into engagement with said coin-receiving wheel projection to cause said counting wheel to maintain said actuating lever in a position on said lever engagingA surface wherein itrenders said dogging lever inoperative andwhereiny it will permit apredetermined number of revolutions of* said coin-receivingv wheel by successive engagement therewith and at the last of said revolutions permit said actuatingV lever to'engage said detent recess to returnsaid dogging lever-to its dogging position wherein it will prevent further rotation of said coin-receiving wheel.

4. In a' coin controlled mechanism, the combination of: a mounting plate; an actuator supported on said mounting plate; a coin-receiving wheel connected to said actuator for' rotation thereby, said coin-receiving wheel having a receptacle thereupon adapted to receive smaller or larger coins and a dogging abutment and a counting projection; a dogging lever mounted on said mounting plate adjacent the perimeter of said coin-receiving wheel and adapted to engage said coin-receiving Wheelto prevent rotation of said coin-receiving wheelif no coin has been deposited in the receptacle thereof; a counting wheel mounted adjacent theperimeter of said coin-receiving wheel and engageable with said'projection to count the number of rotations made by said coin-receiving wheel, said counting wheel having a detentftherein'and a lever engaging surface thereupon;

an auxiliary dogging lever supportedton saidv mounting plate and engageable with said coin-receiving wheel tot prevent rotation of the same; and an actuating lever operatively connected between said dogging lever and` saidy counting wheel detent whereby, when a larger coinY is placed in said receptacle of said coin-receiving wheel, said' dogging lever will be displaced to correspond'mgly dis place said actuating lever in said detent and rotate said counting wheel into engagement with said coin-receiving wheelprojection to cause'said counting wheel to rotate said actuating lever into a position on said lever engaging surface wherein it renders said Ydogging lever inoperative and wherein it will permit a predetermined number of revolutions of said coin-receiving wheel by successive'. engagement therewith and at the last ofl said. revolutionspermit said actuating lever to return said dogging lever to its dogging position wherein it will prevent furtherY rotation of said coin-receiving Wheel.

5. In a coin controlled mechanism, the combination of: a mounting plate; an actuator supported on said mounting plate; a coin-'receiving wheel operatively connected to said actuator for` rotation thereby, said coin-receiving wheel having a receptacle thereupon a'dapted'to receive smaller or larger coins and a dogging abutment and a counting projection; adogging lever mounted onl said mounting plate adjacent the perimeter of said coin-receiving wheel and adapted to engage said coin-receiving wheel toprevent rotation of said coin-receivingwheel if no coinhas been deposited in the receptaclethereof; a' countingwheel mounted adjacent the perimeter of said coin-receiving wheel and engageable with said projection to'count the number of rotations made by said coin-receiving wheel; said counting wheel having a detent therein and a lever engaging surface thereupon; an auxiliary dogging lever supported on said mounting plate and engageablewith saidcoin-receiving wheel to prevent rotation of the same; and an actuating lever operatively connected between saidl dogging lever and said counting wheel detent whereby, when a larger coin is placed in said receptacle of'said coinreceiving wheel, said dogging lever will be Vdisplaced to correspondingly displace said actuating lever in said Vdetent and rotate said counting wheel into engagement with said coin-receiving wheel projection to cause saidcounti'ng wheel to rotate said actuating lever into a position on said lever engaging surface wherein it renders said dogging lever inoperative and wherein it will permit a predetermined number of revolutions of said coinereceiving wheel. by successive engagement therewith andV at the last'ofsaid revolutions permit said actuating lever to return said dogging lever to its dogging position wherein it willprevent further rotation of said. coin-receiving wheel, said counting wheel having a cam thereupon engageable with', said auxiliary dogging lever to Vimmobilize said auxiliary dogging lever during rotation of said countingwheel.

6. In acoin controlled mechanism for the reception of smaller or larger coins, the combination of: a mountingA plate; ,a rotatable Vactuator on said mounting plate having.

an actuating handle thereupon; a coin-receiving wheel connected to said actuator'and having a receptacley for the: reception of smaller or largercoins, saidcoin-receiving wheel having a dogging. abutment andra counting abutment thereupon; a dogging lever supported on said mounting plate adjacent said coin-receiving wheel and engageable with said dogging abutment; an actuating lever connected to said dogging lever and supported on said' mounting` plate; an auxiliary dogging lever supported on said` mounting plate adjacent said coin-receiving wheeland` engageable with said dogging abutment; and a'countingl wheel mounted in proximity to the perimeter of said'coinreceiving wheel, said counting wheel having aplurality of counting lugs thereupon engageable with saidl countingv abutment and a detent recess engageable by said actuating lever and having a lever engaging' surface' thereupon" adapted to immobilize said actuating'lever'during rotation of said counting wheel, said counting wheel having a cam surface thereupon engageable with said auxiliary dogging lever to immobilize said auxiliary dogging lever during rotation of said counting Wheel.

7. In a coin controlled mechanism for the reception of coins of smaller and larger sizes, the combination of: a rotatable actuator having a handle thereupon; a coinreceiving wheel Secured to said actuator for rotation thereby, said coin-receiving wheel having a receptacle thereupon for the reception of smaller or larger coins and incorporating dogging and counting abutments; a dogging lever pivotally mounted adjacent the perimeter of said coin-receiving wheel and adapted to engage said dogging abutment to prevent rotation of said coin-receiving wheel if no coin has been deposited in the receptacle thereof; an actuating lever pivotally mounted adjacent said coinreceiving wheel and engaged by said dogging lever, said actuating lever having a detent portion thereupon; a counting Wheel mounted adjacent the perimeter of said coinreceiving Wheel and incorporating a plurality of counting teeth successively engageable with said counting abutment on said coin-receiving wheel, said counting wheel having a detent recess normally engaged by said detent portion of said actuating lever to restrain said counting wheel against rotation, said counting Wheel having a detent portion engaging surface adapted to contact said detent portion when said detent portion is displaced from said detent recess by corresponding displacement of said actuating lever by said dogging lever; and an auxiliary clogging lever mounted adjacent said coin-receiving wheel and engageable with said dogging abutment of said wheel, said counting Wheel having a cam thereupon engageable with said auxiliary dogging lever when itis rotated by said actuating lever to immobilize said auxiliary dogging lever during rotation of said counting Wheel,

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